Mayors of Colombo and Seoul sign friendship and cooperation agreement

10 Jun, 2016

The Mayor of Colombo, A J M Muzammil and the Mayor of Seoul, Won-soon Park signed an Agreement on friendship and cooperation between?the cities of Colombo and Seoul, the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Soul said today.

The two Mayors during a brief meeting prior to the signing ceremony in Soul agreed to?share mutual experience in urban development, including Korea’s experience in solid?waste management.

Seoul and Colombo have maintained longstanding collaboration through?CITYNET. Seoul is the President of CITYNET and Colombo is an Executive Committee?Member and a founder member of CITYNET since 1987.

The City of Colombo will host?the 2017 CITYNET Congress. (Colombo Gazette)

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